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Main Authors: Zhan, Weixiao, Dong, Qiyue, Sebastián, Eduardo, Atanasov, Nikolay
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08090
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author Zhan, Weixiao
Dong, Qiyue
Sebastián, Eduardo
Atanasov, Nikolay
author_facet Zhan, Weixiao
Dong, Qiyue
Sebastián, Eduardo
Atanasov, Nikolay
contents Robot task planning from high-level instructions is an important step towards deploying fully autonomous robot systems in the service sector. Three key aspects of robot task planning present challenges yet to be resolved simultaneously, namely, (i) factorization of complex tasks specifications into simpler executable subtasks, (ii) understanding of the current task state from raw observations, and (iii) planning and verification of task executions. To address these challenges, we propose LATMOS, an automata-inspired task model that, given observations from correct task executions, is able to factorize the task, while supporting verification and planning operations. LATMOS combines an observation encoder to extract the features from potentially high-dimensional observations with automata theory to learn a sequential model that encapsulates an automaton with symbols in the latent feature space. We conduct extensive evaluations in three task model learning setups: (i) abstract tasks described by logical formulas, (ii) real-world human tasks described by videos and natural language prompts and (iii) a robot task described by image and state observations. The results demonstrate the improved plan generation and verification capabilities of LATMOS across observation modalities and tasks.
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spellingShingle LATMOS: Latent Automaton Task Model from Observation Sequences
Zhan, Weixiao
Dong, Qiyue
Sebastián, Eduardo
Atanasov, Nikolay
Robotics
Robot task planning from high-level instructions is an important step towards deploying fully autonomous robot systems in the service sector. Three key aspects of robot task planning present challenges yet to be resolved simultaneously, namely, (i) factorization of complex tasks specifications into simpler executable subtasks, (ii) understanding of the current task state from raw observations, and (iii) planning and verification of task executions. To address these challenges, we propose LATMOS, an automata-inspired task model that, given observations from correct task executions, is able to factorize the task, while supporting verification and planning operations. LATMOS combines an observation encoder to extract the features from potentially high-dimensional observations with automata theory to learn a sequential model that encapsulates an automaton with symbols in the latent feature space. We conduct extensive evaluations in three task model learning setups: (i) abstract tasks described by logical formulas, (ii) real-world human tasks described by videos and natural language prompts and (iii) a robot task described by image and state observations. The results demonstrate the improved plan generation and verification capabilities of LATMOS across observation modalities and tasks.
title LATMOS: Latent Automaton Task Model from Observation Sequences
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08090